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From: c55-hc@ucbbuddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: No favoritism in Washington Center
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 12:47:06 EST
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In article <34678@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>I thought Air Force One used a different call sign when the president was
>aboard.  Some PBS program had a sequence on Air Force One a little while
>back (maybe Smithsonian World) and I'm sure it said that Air Force One went
>under a different name depending upon whether the president was aboard.
>When the president is not aboard, it still does a lot of flying but gets no
>special treatment from controllers.

Seems that I remember reading that Air Force One is NOT a specific plane,
but that call sign is given to any aircraft that the President is in.  An
ultra-light, therefore, could technically be "Air Force One".  I'm not
sure whether or not a helicopter carrying him is designated AF1 or not.
Seems probable, as the helicopters, while having Marine Corps guards
and "cabin crew", are owned and flown by the Air Force.

Brent Chapman
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